Whiteline front adjustable sway bar install for std bug

[Bill K.]

After finding out I had installed my sway bar wrong through a post in this forum, I fixed it (I think) and wrote up some instructions. Edits/corrections welcome.

Originally, I had the shock bracket up side down which reduces ground clearance. Also, the bar rotated on the beam during a hard corner causing the tire to rub on the fender lip. I didn't have the U-bolts tight enough. Now the U-bolts are welded to the beam so they can't rotate. Fixing it took some work, but it's better this way. It handles nice now, even before final alignment, etc.

Addicted to G,
Bill

[Theo]

Nice, Wish I had this when I installed mine.

I added a 1inch square tubing to space the bar further away from the beam. This help create the clearance for the softest setting.

Theo

[Aurumen]

I'm just upset that you guys that bought the bars more recently than I did have the grey color instead of the gross blue bar that I have...hehe. Good work and good tips. I too had to learn the hard way on some of that stuff.

Nick

[KDF Lad]

I had the exact same problems. Good tips.

[Theo]

Well the blue paint is giving way to rust quickly. Must be realy crapy paint it's only been installed for 6 months or so.

Did you guys have any problems witht he shock bolts working loose?

Theo

I'm just upset that you guys that bought the bars more recently than I did have the grey color instead of the gross blue bar that I have...hehe. Good work and good tips. I too had to learn the hard way on some of that stuff.

Nick

[Bill K.]

The silver coating is hard core. Seems like an epoxy. Wish Whiteline would have improved the mounting too...

Theo -- did you make window cutouts in the shock mount brackets. If not, maybe yours are rubbing on the shock and working the nut loose as the shock pivots.

[Theo]

I did not cut a window but I ground it to fit. I will double check to make sure it is not rubbing my Koni shocks. The window looks to give better clearance.

Theo

Theo -- did you make window cutouts in the shock mount brackets. If not, maybe yours are rubbing on the shock and working the nut loose as the shock pivots.

[Victor H]

Hi Bill,
Looks really good and should work nicely for you. I wish John would adapt these instructions and ship them with the bars.

[akokarski]

Does anybody have pictures of how the install looks like?


Thanks,
Anton

[Marc]

Does anybody have pictures of how the install looks like?...

Click on instructions in Bill's first post.

[akokarski]

ah, didn't realize that's a link.

thanks!

[akokarski]

hm another question has anyone installed/worked with whiteline for narrowed link pin beam? it's the bar that mounts to the bottom of the lower tube of the beam

Thanks,
Anton

[Ozzie]

My bar rubbed the shock towers too. I didn't like the idea of cutting/grinding the towers as that was my first idea. Instead, I fabbed up some more pillow blocks (1/4" thick) to stack behind the ones that came in the kit. It did two things. 1: It gets the bar off the shock towers, & 2: It moves the whole bar forward, so while I'm in the 21mm adjustment (where I run it), the link bolts are vertical above the center hole in the lower mount keeping it from being an eccentric mount and possibly twisting.

[Rip]

just a tip if you don't like the idea of welding u bolts to the lower beam, you can buy some exhaust flanges like these

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetai ... toview=sku

then bolt the u bolts through them into the brackets, mine have held for some time. i forget the size though

rip